 | Samuel Temple - Arithmetic - 1825 - 118 pages
...long ' 8:8' Ans. 4. How many feet in a joist 4 inches by 6, and soft, long ? 8 : 4' Ans. CORD WOOD. A cord of wood is a pile, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 teet high, and contains 128 cubic feet, or 8 feet of cord wood. As the superficial contents ot one... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1826 - 222 pages
...the product by the height, the last product will be the content in eubick feet, and parts of afoot, which are brought into cords by dividing them by 128,...dividing by 16. NOTE. — A cord of wood is a pile 8 teet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, containing 128 eubick feet, or 8 feet of cord wood. A foot... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - Arithmetic - 1830 - 240 pages
...are brought into cords by dividing them ~by 128, or into cord wood feet by dividing by 16. Note.—A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and...feet long, 4 feet wide, and 1 foot high, containing 16 cubick feet. EXAMPLES. 1. How many cords are there in a pile of wood 176 feet long, 3 feet 9 inches... | |
 | Conley Plotts - Arithmetic - 1848 - 276 pages
...boards, without reference to the thickness. A cord of wood, or bark, is sold on the same principle. A PILE 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, is called a CORD. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS. 1. A lumber merchant sold 2348 square feet of siding, at... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - Arithmetic - 1868 - 428 pages
...= 1 cord of wood. 40 cu. ft. of round timber = 1 ton. 50 cu. ft. of hewn timber = 1 ton. NOTB.— 1 A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet 2. A cord foot is 1 foot in lenglh of a pile 4 feet wide and 4 feet high. 8. Round timber when squared... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...measured .1* /-i i. •n .1 1 1 Perch of Stone ) — . 24JCubicFeet «j or Masonry. .[ Pch' NOTES. — 1. A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, or its equivalent. A cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile. 2. The ordinary rule for computing... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - Arithmetic - 1875 - 316 pages
...gallons of water will fill a cistern of the same size ? COUD OF WOOD. Arrange 128 cubic foot blocks into a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, and it will represent the shape and size of a cord. One foot of the length of such a pile is called... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1876 - 584 pages
...feet of hewn timber. Timber is now generally sold by board measure, the ton being nearly obsolete. A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. A cord foot is a part of this pile L foot long ; it equals 16 cubic feet. A perch of stone or masonry... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 438 pages
...WOOD MEASURE. :$."><». The Measure of Wood is the cord, which is divided into ford feet, etc. 357. A Cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. It contains 8 cord feet, or 128 cubic feet. S58. A Cord Foot is a part of this pile 1 foot long. It... | |
 | Edward Brooks - Arithmetic - 1877 - 444 pages
...ft. ' WOOD MEASURE. 356. The Measure of Wood is the cord, which is divided into cord feet, etc. 357. A Cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. It contains 8 cord feet, or 128 cubic feet. 358. A Cord Foot is a part of this pile 1 foot long. It... | |
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A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. A cord foot is a part of this pile 1 foot long; it equals 16 cubic feet. 
